Who's your surprise team after 3 weeks?

[jksmith269]

Mine would be the Dolphins.... I really thought they where going to be good this year.. Man I never knew they would miss rickey this bad..... I mean all joking aside other than him not being there they only made positive moves this offseason....

So who has surprised you the most either good or bad???

 

[TheDuke]

mine would be either the panthers or the bucs. i thought they would both show a little more than they have

 

[TruBlueCowboy]

Good - Saints. They have the potential to be a 3-0 starting team. I especially thought they'd be at least .500 by now after their showing in the preseason against the Cowboys.

Bad - Buccs. Felt they were overrated, but thought they'd put up more of a fight than 0-3.

 

[LaTunaNostra]

Good - Jets. Pennington's back and the young oline is gelling. Came closer to beating NE last week than in years.

Bad - I really thought the Texans had rounded some kind of corner.

Turns out just Carr did.

 

[Crown Royal]

Really Miami and Arizona are the teams that are shocking me. Most of the teams are playing around where I had them, but I had these teams better than they really are. Unreal how pathetic they are.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Bad
Pittsburgh loses 2 in a row?
Arizona/Miami in the playoffs?
Tampa Bay/Carolina???

Good
Atlanta better than advertised
Philly maybe?

 

[big dog cowboy]

Good - Saints.

I'm not buying them at all. They beat 2 of the bottom 5 teams in the league. That 2-0 start is extremely misleading. They get owned tomorrow might.

 

[Crown Royal]

I'm not buying them at all. They beat 2 of the bottom 5 teams in the league. That 2-0 start is extremely misleading. They get owned tomorrow might.

Good friend of mine is a Saints fan. Even he is conceding victory.

No way does their defense have an answer for that running game, maybe not even the WRs on the team.

And Drew Brees is going to be beat to hell

 

[viman96]

Good: Commanders look as bad as I hoped.
Bad: Eagles look better than I hoped.
Surprised: Bear D looks stout.

 

[Da Hammer]

i was pretty sure the Dolphins would suck because of Coulpepper so i'm not suprised about them but i'm really suprised that the Bucs are 0-3. i didnt expect them to make the playoffs but i also didnt expect them to be this bad

 

[bbgun]

Bucs. With Simms out, we better win on Turkey Day.

 

[big dog cowboy]

Good: Commanders look as bad as I hoped.

It gets better. Check out their schedule.

 

[wileedog]

MIami is not a surprise, they were hyped to the moon.

Carolina is a mild surprise, only because they went two weeks without Smith. Still, even with SMith they needed 4 46+ yard FGs to beat a (actually suprisingly) hapless Tampa team. THat's not statistically in their favor.

I didn't think the changes the GIants made to their secondary were really upgrades. Turns out they were downgrades. Their secondary is beyond horrible, and combined with a complete lack of pass rush their defense is getting torched. I am surprised how much of a non-factor the Giant front 4 has been through 3 games though.

I think the Giants are close to a Philly type meltdown. Shockey and Buress are both idiots of TO Caliber, they just haven't gotten their stage yet. WIll be interesting to see if they do as the Giants lose more games.

 

[Draegerman]

The Carolina Panthers have been the biggest surprise/disappointment to me so far.

 

[EastDallasCowboy]

The Saints will win tomorrow and start 3-0. They may fold after that, but they'll win.

Can you imagine how insane the Superdome is going to be when the 2-0 Saints w/ Reggie Bush and a new HC return home for the first time in over a year?

That place will be rocking. You may be able to hear it in Dallas.

As for my surprises;

Good:

Chicago has an offense.
Minnesota is really good. They'll take 1 WC spot.
Atlanta re-engineered their offense for Vick, and has a great D to boot.

Bad:

Miami. Culpepper apparently cant throw TDs w/o Moss.
Arizona will never live up to the hype.

 

[stilltheguru]

good SURPRISE

-jaguars defense is top notch. They were nto this good last year.


-carson is still the baddest qb in the nfl to me.


-vick looks pretty good passing wise



bad


-tampa is HORRIBLE. i knew they were not that good but jeez.


-carolina without smith is like atl without vick.didnt think they were that much of a one man show

-Commanders look horrible i thought they would be second to challenge us.